Can scientists truly relax on vacation?

Science is a lifestyle, not a job. That’s why scientists, as well as business owners or other workaholics have difficulties to really disconnect and to relax when they are on vacation. It is seldom that a scientists goes on holidays and doesn’t leave unfinished projects or unsolved research problems.

The psychological term for that is the Zeigarnik Effect. It is the difficulty people have to completely forget about something when it is left incomplete. Here are a few tips to hack your brain and to switch you off. Take a scientific approach to manage this problem. Set yourself the task of learning how to relax, there are many tools available for that. Good luck!

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